Race and Slavery Petitions Project

Details for
SKIPWITH, Abraham Peyton ([Abram]) in Petition 11678506

Name:SKIPWITH, Abraham Peyton ([Abram])
Petition:11678506 filed in Virginia, 1785
Role in Petition:petitioner
Color and Gender:black male
Status:slave
Identified Immediate Family:
Economic Profile:SALE - 1782 - Bill of Sale
Age: 
Birth:
Death:
Owned slaves?:
Occupation:
Skills:store clerk
Diseases:
Physical Attributes:
Moral Attributes:
Plantations
Literate?:
Urban?:Yes.
Runaway?:
Punishments Received:
Term Slave:
Freedom:Sued for freedom in 1785. Origins of freedom: manumitted by Thomas Bentley; deed of manumission.